Blog: Why I'm no longer a "Quant." Hi. I'm Ed. I used to be a quant. A recent article in Bloomberg quoted David Einhorn, a prominent hedge fund manager, as saying that the markets were "fundamentally broken" because of "passive investors and quants." To quote Bloomberg, "Einhorn said that quants
Blog: Are Markets Seeing Patterns in the Dark? Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, displayed cautious optimism last week as the FOMC left rates unchanged. In fact, the FOMC as a whole seemed in an upbeat mood with the famous "dot plot" indicating 75 basis points of easing next year. The markets turned Powell's cautious optimism
Blog: Inflation glide path - Linear or Non-linear? When it comes to inflation, investors are using "two dimensional thinking"
Blog: When good news is bad news When good news is bad news, the market is priced for perfection. Market conditions have turned Fragile.
Blog: The Fed's Dueling Mandates are a problem The Fed's dual mandates of price stability and maximum employment are now dueling mandates.